The Obama administration is seeking to address one of the twocentral complaints from consumers about insurance plans offeredthrough the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaceby implementing new rating measures that will reward insurers thatoffer beneficiaries access to many providers in theirarea.
The administration will not mandate broader networks, but itwill seek to make it clear to consumers shopping for plans onHealthCare.gov that some some include more providers than others.Each plan will have a label that indicates how broad the networkis.
Consumers in some areas have said that their health plans are sonarrow that they can’t find primary care physicians, specialistsor even hospitals nearby that are covered.
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